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PANZURAAMI–DEPLOYMENTANDSETUPQUICKSTARTGUIDE:STEP-BY-STEPINSTRUCTIONSFORDEPLOYINGA
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TableofContentsTableofContents.......................................................................................................................................2Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3AudienceandScope..................................................................................................................................3Prerequisites................................................................................................................................................3AWSPrerequisites................................................................................................................................3PanzuraPrerequisites.........................................................................................................................4
AmazonSizingGuidelines......................................................................................................................5DeployaPanzurafileronAMI..............................................................................................................6UsethePanzuraSetupWizardtoSetUptheFiler....................................................................15AppendixA.AddingVolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMI................................................37CreateVolumes...................................................................................................................................37AttachvolumestoAMI................................................................................................................39
AppendixB.ExportingPeertoPeerAuthenticationKey......................................................41AppendixC.DiskExpansion...............................................................................................................43
DiskExpansion-ConfigurationandProvisioning..........................................................44AppendixD.CloudConfiguration.....................................................................................................48
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IntroductionThedocumentcoversastep-by-stepprocedureforquicklydeployingandinitiallyconfiguringaPanzuraFreedomFilerintheAmazonmarketplace.
AudienceandScopeThisguideisforStorageAdminsandSystemsEngineersfamiliarwithPanzuraFreedomFilerandhasbasicknowledgeoflaunchingEC2instancesandconfiguringVPCinAWs.Thisdocumentwilldescribe:
- LaunchingaPanzuraAMIfromtheAWSmarketplace- InitialconfigurationofthePanzuraFilerusingthesetupwizard- AddingadditionalcapacitytothePanzuraFiler
ThisdocumentdoesnotaddressnetworkingaspectsofconnectingtheAMItoon-premPanzurafilersforahybriddeploymentmodel.RefertoAWSVPCdocumentationlinksbelowforsettingupvirtualprivatenetwork.Note:Forexternaluseinstructions;portionsofthisdocumentthatprovideinstructionsforrequestingalicensefileortokenfromthelicenseservershouldbeomittedandreplacedwiththeassumptionthateitheratokenIDorlicensefilewillbeprovidedbyPanzuratothecustomer.
Prerequisites
AWSPrerequisitesYouwillneedthefollowinginformationwhendeployingthePanzuraFreedomFiler(Filer)onAmazon.
• AWSaccountandaccesscredentialswithpermissionstolaunchanAMIItem Yourvalue
Amazon
S3bucketpath
S3accesskey
S3secretkey
S3bucketname
Cloudsize(TB)
CloudhostIPaddressorhostname
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• AWSS3bucketforstorage• ConfiguringaVirtualPrivateCloud-Amazonhasafewarticlesoncreating
theseresources,whichcanbefoundhere:http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/ExerciseOverview.htmlhttp://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/Wizard.html
• YoucanuseasubnetcalculatortofigureoutyourVPCandSubnets. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/
- Selectregion
PanzuraPrerequisites- AccesstoLicenseToken- Completingthefollowingtabletoeaseinstallation
FilerInformation YourvalueLicenseToken Enablesarchive,generalNAS,collaborationservices ConfigurationMode Master–Themanagingfilerforagroupof
distributedfilers.Alllicensesandconfigurationsettingsareaddedtothemasterfilerandautomaticallypropagatetothesubordinatefilers.Subordinate–Bydefault,allfilersaresetassubordinates,andaremanagedbythedesignatedmaster.HA-Global–ThestandbyfilerthatcantakeoverifanactivefilterinaHA-Globalconfigurationbecomesunavailable.HA-Local–ThestandbyfilerthatcantakeoverifanactivefilterintheHA-Localconfigurationbecomesunavailable.Replacementfiler–Afilerthatisconfiguredtoreplaceanexistingmasterorsubordinatefiler.
Peer-to-PeerAuthenticationkey
IfamasterFilerhasbeenconfigured,thekeymustbeexportedfrommasterandimportedintoallthesubordinatesandstandbyfilers
NetworkDeploymentMode
Typeofnetworkdeployment(one-armorinline):Inline:Thisistherecommendeddeploymentoption,providedthatthecloudtrafficandclienttrafficareondifferentnetworks.Inaninlinedeployment,thefilerisconnectedtothenetworkbyseparateLAN(GB1)andWAN(GB2)interfaces.One-arm:Inaone-armdeployment,thefilerisconnectedtothenetworkthroughasingleinterface,GB1.Thefilerisnotdirectlyinthetrafficpathbetweentheinternalandexternalnetworks.Usethismethodonlyifthecloudandclienttrafficareonthesamenetwork
LANSettings:DHCP/
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AmazonSizingGuidelines
Small 1 Gbps *.2xlarge Provisioned IOPs
Medium 1.5 Gbps *.4xlarge Provisioned IOPs
Large 4 Gbps m4.10xlarge+ Provisioned IOPs
Note: AWS instances with less than 8 CPUs or 64GB of memory are not recommended.
StaticFilerIPAddress,Subnetmask,DefaultGateway
DNSServername/IPaddress
ActiveDirectorydomainname/IPaddress
ActiveDirectoryusername/password
Accessrights
NTPserverhostname/IPaddress
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DeployaPanzurafileronAMIFollowthesestepstodeploythePanzuraFreedom7Filer(filer)AmazonMachineInstance(AMI)inAWS.
1. LogintoAmazon
2. SelecttheregionSelectregionthatyouwanttolaunchtheinstance;inthisexampleweselectedUSWest(N.California)
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3. SelectServices
1) SelectServices2) SelectEC2
4. ChooseanAmazonMachineImage
1) SelectAWSMarketPlace2) SearchforPanzura
3) SelectthePanzurainstanceVerifythereleaseversion;inthiscasethereisonlyoneinstanceandthereleaseversionis7.0.0.2
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5. PanzuraAMIandInformationonAWSpricingPanzurarecommendsm4series(seeAMISizingfordetails).Ifyouaresizingtoacomparablemid-rangePanzuraFreedomFiler5600selectm4.4xlarge.
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6. ChooseanInstanceTypeandselect“NextConfigureInstancedetails”
7. ConfigureInstanceDetails
1. SelectNetwork,fromthedrop-downselecttheVPCnetworkthefilershouldconnectto.Note:TheVPCnetworkthatyouselectshouldallowyoutocommunicatewithclients,ADserverandanyon-premfilersifconfiguringahybridcluster.Adefaultsubnetisselectedautomatically
2. Auto-assignPublicIP:EnableapublicIP,thiswillallowyoutoconnecttoPanzura’sWebUIforconfigurationandmonitoring
3. Enableterminationprotection:Topreventaccidentalterminationselectthecheckbox
Youcanselect“Next:AddStorage”toaddadditionalvolumestothenewAMIatbringuporaddvolumesafterlaunchingtheAMI.Inthisexample,wewillbeaddingadditionalvolumesafterthelaunchingtheAMI.
4. Whencomplete,select“ReviewandLaunch”Note:YoucanaddadditionalstoragetotheAMIafterconfiguringthePanzurafiler.RefertoAppendixAforaddingadditionalvolumestotheinstance.Byskipping“ReviewandLaunch”andselecting“Next:AddStorage”willenableyoutoaddcapacityatthetimeoflaunch.Inthisexample,wewilladdcapacityafterbringingupthefiler.
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8. ConfirmthebootdiskshouldbeanSSDforthisandallotherPanzurainstancesandSelect“Next”
9. ReviewInstanceLaunchNote:Youcanignore“Your…..noteligibleforthefreetier”warningmessage.ReviewtheInstancetypeandverifythesearethevCPUresourcesyouwouldliketouseforthePanzurainstance;thiscanbechangedlater.Select“Launch”.
10. Selectanexistingkeypairorcreateannewkeypair
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1) Select“Chooseanexistingkeypair”,Keypairisa.pmfile.Youcanproceedwithoutoutakeypairorcreateanewkeypair.
2) Ifselectinga“Createanewleypair”enterauniquename3) Select“DownloadKeyPair”,thisisacriticalstepsincethisistheonly
opportunitytodownloadthefileandshouldbekeptinasafeplace.
Keypairwouldbea.*.pem’file;ifyoudon’thaveonetoupload,createoneanddownloadit.ThisistheonlytimetodownloadthefileandMUSTbestorageinasecureplace.
11. LaunchStatusInthelaunchstatuspage;copytheinstanceID.TheinstanceIDisuniquenumberfortrackingandaddingCPUanddiskresourcesasyourworkloadneedchange.Inthenextstepyoucancreatealiasforthisinstance.Select“ViewInstance”.
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12. InstanceStatusIdentifytheAMIusingtheInstanceID.Noticethisinstanceisstillinthe‘initialing’state.
Selectthecheckboxtoidentifytheinstance.HoverovertheAMIundertheNamecolumnselecttheediticonandnametheinstancesothatyoucaneasilyidentifytheAMI.Youscrolldownthepagetogetdetails(IPaddress,VPCabouttheinstance.NoticethepublicandprivateIPaddresses.Theprivateaddress.75istheactualIPaddress.
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Note:UsetheprivateIPaddresstojointoAD;AWSwillmaptheprivateIPtopublicIP.232.Waituntilthe“initializing”changestoarunningstatetoconfigurethePanzurafiler.
- ThiscompletesthelaunchingofthePanzuraAMIfromtheAWSmarketplace.FollowtheprocedureinAppendixAtocreatenewvolumes(additionalcapacity)forthePanzuraAMIandAppendixBtoprovisionthecapacitytothefiler.Userscandynamicallyaddcapacitytothefileatanytimetomeettheirstorageneeds..Thenextstepistocompletethefilerconfigurationusingthesetupwizard.
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UsethePanzuraSetupWizardtoSetUptheFilerCompletingthePanzurawizardconfigurationparameterstableinthePrerequisitessectionofthisdocumentwillsimplifybringupthePanzuraFiler.IfthisisthefirstPanzurafiler,configureitasa“Master”.ConnecttothePanzuraAMIusingthepublicaddressassignedtothefilerusingHTTPS;ex:https://<filer-ip-address>.Note:IntheAMIlaunchabove,thepublicaddressis54.153.86.232.
1. Logintohttps://54.153.86.232Ifyouseeanysecuritywarnings,followtheinstructionstoproceed.(OnChromeyoumayneedtoclickAdvancedtoseetheoptiontoproceed.Selecttherecentlycreated.pemfilebyselecting“CHOOSEFILE”touploadthe.pemfile.
2. Uploadthe.pemfileThisisthesamefilethatyoudownloadbeforelaunchingtheAMI(Step10.)Youdiddon’tneedtodecryptsincethepasswordisalreadyembeddedwhentheAMIiscreated.
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3. LoginSincethepasswordisbuiltinandisautomaticallyispre-populated,Select“LogIn”.
ThesetupManagerincludesalloftheinitialandbasicsetuptogettheFilerupandrunning(passwordset,LAN/WAN,License,virtualdisksformetadataandcacheandcloudstorage).Theoptionalsectionallowsyoutoenablefile-sharingprotocols(SMB/NFSorboth),toconnecttoActiveDirectory,andtomountshares.
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4. SetupWizardThesetupisbrokendowntothefollowing:
“Initial”-AcceptEULAandchangedefaultpasswordtomeetyourcorporatepasswordpolicy
“Basic”–Role/personalityofthefiler,networksettingforclientandcloudinterface,installlicenses,allocatedisks,andsetS3cloudcredentialsforPanzuratostorethedata.Note:LicensetokenandcloudsetupcanbeskippedinthesetupwizardandcanbeconfiguredusingtheConfigurationoptionintheWebUI.AtanygiventimeduringWizardsetupprocessyouwanttostartover,comebacktothispageandselect“RESETTOFACTORYSETTINGs”.
OncetheInitialandBasicarecomplete,thereisanoptiontoconfiguretheprotocol(SMB/NFS)settings.Whenyouarereadytostart,selectStart.
5. Terms&Conditions
1)ReviewandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreementbyslidingthetoggle2)Enteryourname,3)Enteryouremailaddress,4)Enteryourtitle.5)Oncefieldsareentered,ClickNext.
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6. RequiredInformationReviewandgathertheinformationneededtosuccessfullycompletethewizard.Select“NEXT”whendoneNote:NFSandSMBsetupisoptional,canbedoneafterbringup;referthePanzuraadministrationguidefordetails.
7. ChangePasswordChangethedefaultpasswordfortheadminaccounttoasecurepasswordthatmeetsyourcorporatepolicyforcreatingsecurepasswords.Enterthepasswordandre-entertoconfirm
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Whendoneselect“FINISH”.ThiscompletestheInitialphaseofthewizard.Thenextstepistocompletethe“Basic”partofthewizard.
8. ConfigurationModeIfthisisthefirstfiler,configureitasthemaster.Alladditionalfilersmustbeconfiguredassubordinates.Thesubordinatefilersinheritclusterconfigurationsettings,includinglicenses,encryptioncertification,authenticationkeys,SMBandNFSsettingsfromthemaster.
• SelectthefilermodefromtheConfigurationModedropdown.o Master.Firstfileryouareconfiguring.o Subordinate.Additionalfilerthatwillbepartofacluster.
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o HA-Local.Stand-byfilertotakeoveriftheactiveisdown.o HA-Global.Stand-byfilertotakeoverifanyfilerintheclusterisdown.o Replacement.Toreplaceanexistingmasterorsubordinatefiler.
• SelectfromtheNetworkDeploymentModedropdown.o In-line.Recommendedfordeploymentswhereindependentportsare
availableforclient(LAN)andcloud(WAN)traffic,forexample,inhardwareappliances.
o One-arm.Recommendedforsoftwaredeploymentswhereasingleinterfaceissharedforclientandcloudtraffic,forexample,ESX/VM,Amazon/AMI,Azure/VHDdeployments.
RefertotheAdminGuideforadetaildescriptionoftheConfigurationModes.Ifconfiguringthefilerasamaster,followthestepsbelow:1. SelectMasterfromthe“ConfigurationMode”2. Selectthe“NetworkDeploymentMode”,inthiscaseweareusingthesame
interface(One-Arm)3. Select“ConfigureasKeyMaster”
Critical:Thiswillgeneratea.pemfilethatwillenableallthesubordinatestosecurelycommunicatewiththeMaster.
4. Select“Export“tosavethe.pemfile.5. Thiswillautomaticallydownloadthepairing.keyfiletoyourlocalsystem.You
willneedtothenuploadthepairing.keyfiletoallthesubordinatesthatwillconnecttotheMaster.
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IfconfiguringthefilerasaSubordinate,followthestepsbelow.Ifyoudon’thaveapairing.keyfile,refertoAppendixBforexportingthepeer-peerauthenticationkey.SelectSubordinatefromthe“ConfigurationMode”
1. Selectthe“NetworkDeploymentMode”,inthiscaseweareusingthesameinterface(One-Arm)
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2. Select“Upload”toimportthe.pemfile(pairing.keyfile).
Critical:Thiswillgeneratea.pemfilethatwillenableallthesubordinatestosecurelycommunicatewiththeMaster.
Thiswillopenthebrowserdialogbox,selectthepairing.keyfiletoimportintothisfiler.
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Confirmupload
3. SelectNEXT
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9. LAN(client)SettingsInterfaceMode–IPaddressisprovidedbyAWSfromtheVPCIPrange.;ThiscanbeleftasDHCPenabled.PrimaryDNSServerIP–entertheIPaddressfortheprimaryDNS,ifthereisasecondaryDNS,enteritintheSecondaryDNSfiles.LeavetheJumboFrametooff
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10. GeneralSettings
ConfigurethefollowingfilersettingsandclickNEXT.1. Hostname.AssignahostnametotheFiler.2. Domainname.EnterthedomainnamefortheFilernetwork.3. NTPserver:EnteravalidIPaddress/nameoftheNTPserverusedfortime
synchronization4. Location:locationoftheFiler
IfconfiguringaSubordinate,typeintheMasterfilerhostname5. TypeintheMasterfilerhostname
6. Select“NEXT”
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11. LicenseSettings
1. EnterthelicensetokenprovidedbyPanzura2. ClickNEXT.
Thesystemconnectstothelicenseportaltovalidatethetokenbeforecontinuing.Thiswilltakeseveralminutestovalidatethelicensetoken.Note:Forenvironmentswherethereisnooutsidenetworkconnectivity,leavetheLicenseTokenfieldempty.PanzurarepresentativecansendthelicensesfilesviaanemailforuploadingusingtheConfigurationmanager.
12. CacheSizingThesettingsinthissectionenablethewizardtodetermineappropriatemetadataandcachespacetoallocate.Thiscanbechanged,asyourcapacityneedschange.Note:Generalguidelineisstartwithalowpercentageforestimatinghowfrequentlydataisaccessed.Thiscanalwaysbeincreasedbutnotdecreased.
1. ExpectedcloudstoragemanagedbyPanzura-AmountofdatathatwillbemovedtothecloudstorageandmanagedbytheFiler.ThisamountistherawcapacityoftheFiler(datathatisnotcompressedordeduplicatedbytheFiler).
2. Percentageofdataaccessed-Enterthepercentageofthedataisaccessedfrequently.Avalueof10(percent)isappropriateformanyenvironments
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13. VirtualDiskSizingInorderforthefilertoautomaticallydiscoverandadddisksformetadataandcachestorage,itneedstheAWSaccesscredentials.EnteryourAWsaccessandsecretkeycredentialshere.
14. VirtualDiskSettingsBasedonthe“CacheSizing”screenabove,MetadataandCachestorageestimatesareautomaticallyfilled.Note:TherecommendedminimumvaluesforIOPSare300.Enterthevaluesandselect“NEXT”
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15. CloudProviderThistaskallowsyoutosetthecloudbucketcredentialsforthefilertostorethedata.Asabestpractice,thebucketnameshouldbecreatedpriortovalidatingthecloudconnectivity.
1. SelectCloudProvider;ex:AmazonNote:Youcanchooseanon-AWSproviderforstorage.
2. EntertheCloudHostIP/Name;thisistheregionwheretheS3bucketresides.Ex:s3-u-west-1.amazonaws.com
For#3theaccessandsecretkeyarethesameastheoneusedfordiscoveringstorageinthestepabove.
3. EntertheS3AccessKey;20alphanumericcharacters4. EntertheS3SecretKey;40alphanumericcharacters
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5. EntertheBucketname.ThisisnameoftheS3bucketforstoringfiles.6. EntertheFileSystemPath.ThePanzurafilercreatesthepathnameand
thepathstructurerepresentingtheCCIDsofthenodesinthecluster.7. EntertheCloudstorageunitcapacity;unitsareinTerabytes(TB)or
petabytes(PB)8. EntertheCloudSize,determinestheamountofdatawrittentothecloud.
Note:Thismetricisusefulinaprivatecloudenvironmentwherethereislimitedstorage.
9. Enter“NEXT”tocompletetheBasicconfigurationNote:Screenmighttimeoutsincethiswilltake5-10mintocreatethevolumes,andvalidatetheconfiguration.
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16. SummaryYouwillseethefollowingscreenaftersuccessfullycompletingthewizard.
Atthispoint,youcanlogintothePanzuraWebUIandconfiguretheprotocolsettingsorselectSecondaryWizardconfigurationtoconfiguretheprotocolandjointheActiveDirectoryDomain.
17. SecondaryWizard1. SelectStartatthebottomofthescreentoconfiguretheprotocols
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2. SetNTPandTimeZoneandSelectNEXT
3. Selecttheprotocol
TheoptionsareSMB/CIFS,NFSorbothandselectNEXT.Inthisexample,weselectedSMB-only.
4. SetActiveDirectoryConfigurationa. EntertheADDomainNameb. EntertheNETBIOSc. Enter“*”,thiswillallowPanzuratoconnectwithanyavailable
DNSd. Select“SAVEDOMAIN”e. Select“JOINDOMAIN”
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Thiswillprompttoenterthelogincredentialstojointhedomain.EntertheUserNameandPasswordandconfirm.
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5. SummarySelectApplyadconfirmapplychanges.
Oncethechangeshavebeenapplied,thefilerwillpresentthemainWebUIinterface.RefertothePanzuraAdministrationguidefordetailsoninterfacingwiththeWebUI
ThiscompletestheinitialconfigurationofthePanzuraAMI.FollowtheProcedureinAppendixAforaddingvolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMIandAppendixCforimportingthevolumestothePanzurafiler.
TheprocessforbriningupaPanzuraAMIfromthemarketplaceandconfiguringitusingthewizardandaddingdiskstothefilerisnowcomplete.
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AppendixA.AddingVolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMIThissectiondescribeshowtocreatenewvolumesinAWSandaddthenewvolumestoPanzuraAMIusingtheWebUIinterface.Note:AddingcapacitytotheAMIrequiresadiskexpansionlicense.PleasecontactyourPanzurarepresentativeforacquiringthediskexpansionlicense.
CreateVolumesTocreateandaddnewvolumestoyourAMI,selectServicesandEC2.
ThiswilllaunchintotheEC2Dashboard.Fromtheleft-handmenu
1. Select“ElasticBLOCKSTORE->Volume”2. Select“CreateVolume”
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FromtheCreateVolumepage1.ForVolumeType:SelectProvisionedIOPS2.SelecttheSize(GiB):MaxvolumesizeinAmazonis16TBbutasgeneralguidelinecreatemultiplevolumestospreadtheloadacrossthevolumesforperformance.3.SelecttheIOPS:100IOPSisthedefault.Thiscanbechangedifyourunintoperformanceissues.4.Select“AvailabilityZone”:VerifythevolumeisinthesamezoneastheFilerLeavetheSnapshotIDandEncryptionasis.5.Select“Tags”6.The“TagEditor”willappear,enter“Name”fortheKeyfield7.Inthe“Value”filedenteranidentifiablevalueforthisvolume.8.Select“CreateVolume”tocreatethevolume
Aftersuccessfulcreationofthevolumethefollowingscreenwillappear.NotetheVolumeIDandclose
Ifyouareaddingadditionalvolumes,repeatthestepsaboveinthe“CreateVolume(s)section.
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Thefollowingexampleshowscreationof3volumesandall3areavailableforassigningittothefilerAMI.
AttachvolumestoAMIVolumeshavetobeattachedtotheAMIindividually.
1. Selectthevolumetoattach2. Select“Actions”menu3. Select“AttachVolume”
Attachtoinstancebyselectingtheinstanceandselect“Attach”.
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Reviewandattachthevolumebyselecting‘Attach”
Onceattachedthevolumestatuswillchangefrom“available”to“In-use”.RepeatAttachVolumestoAMIforallthevolumes.RefertoAppendixBforexpandingdisksinthePanzuraAMIusingConfigurationmenu.
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AppendixB.ExportingPeertoPeerAuthenticationKeyThissectiondescribeshowtoexporttheauthenticationkeyfromthemasterfiler.Todeterminewhichfileristhemaster
1. Logintoanyfilerinthecluster2. Selectthe“Configuration”icon
3. SelectSystemSettings->ConfigurationMode.IftheConfigurationModeis
settotheMasteryouarealreadyontheMaster.StartfromStep6toexportthekeyfile.Inthefollowingscreen,thefilerisaconfiguredasasubordinate,checktheMasterhostnamefieldforthemasterfiler.
4. LogintotheMasterfiler5. SelectConfiguration
6. SelectEncryptionSettings->AuthenticationKeys7. Select“EXPORT”todownloadpairing.key
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AppendixC.DiskExpansionExpandingvolumesrequiresPanzura‘SSDExpansionPack’license.Thenumberofdisksinthepackmustbeequaltoorgreaterthatthenumberofvolumesbeingadded.
1. Loginintothemasterfiler2. SelectDashboard3. ScrolldowntoDisk&RAIDsectiontoseethecurrentlyallocateddisksand
newlyaddedvolumeswillshowupasunconfigured.
4. Scrollbacktothetop,SelectHOME->Configuration5. AddthelicensetokenbyselectingLicenseManager->ActivateLicenseTokenPastetheacquiredlicenseToken1. Pastetheacquiredlicensetokenrequestedfromearlierstep2. Select‘Activate”3. Oncethelicenseisactivatedthefollowingmessageappears
Activateinstalleddiskexpansionlicense
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2. SelectActivate,thestatusforthelicensewillchangefrom“New”to“Active”
DiskExpansion-ConfigurationandProvisioning1. SelectHome->Configuration–>DiskExpansionandclickontheDisk
ExpansionConfigurationicon.
Noticeinthefigurebelowthatthenewlyaddeddisksarerecognizedbutinanunconfiguredstaterequiringconfigurationandprovisioning.Thisisa2-stepprocess,thediskshavetobeconfiguredasHDDorSSDandthenprovisioned.
2. Theheadersectionsareclickableoperations.Selectandclicktheheader
labeled“CONFIGURENEW”asshownbelow.
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Thiswillbringupthefollowingpop-updialogbox3. Select“SSD”forthedisktypeifyouareaddingvirtualSSDs.Notethe
commentsinearliersectionregardingSSDvs.HDDvirtualdisks,constraintsandresultingbehavior.
4. SelectthedefaultfromtheGroupTypepulldownasshownbelow5. Select“SUBMIT
Oncesubmittedthefollowingpop-updialogboxwillappear.
Thediskstatuschangesfrom“unconfigured”to“configured”.
6. Nowprovisionthediskbyselectingheaderbuttonlabeled;“PROVISION”Noticethatthedisktypechangedfrom“unknown”to“SSD”.
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Thefollowingdialogboxappearstoconfirmprovisioningthedisk.
Oncethediskisprovisionedyouwillgetaconfirmationpopupliketheonebelow;
7. Repeatsteps1-6foralltheunconfigureddisksConfirmationofexpandedcapacity
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8. DashboardviewofexpandedcapacityNoticethe3diskshavebeenaddedtocapacitypool.
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AppendixD.CloudConfigurationIftheFilerisdeployedasasubordinate,thebucketnameandpathcanbefoundbyloggingintothemastercontrollerandselectingConfiguration->LicenseManager->InstalledLicenseModule.IntheinstalledLicensessection:
- SelectCloudStorageProvider- SelectEdit- WritedowntheBucketname(“ironmandemonew”)andFilesystempath.Inthefigurebelow,Bucket=“ironmandemonew”andFS-Path=“ironmandemo12”.